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No. 408,741. Patented Aug. 13, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JAMES VVIOULTON, OF CAMBRIDGE, AND DAVID A..MEISTER, -OF BOSTON,

ASSIGNORS OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES A. MORSS, OF BOSTON, MASSA- OHUSETTS.

CAM P-STOOL...

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,741, dated August 13, 1889.

Application filed May 4,1889. Serial No. 309,638. (to model.)

To all whom zit may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES \V. OULTON, of Cambridge, in the county of MiddleseX, State of Massachusetts, and DAVID A. MEIs'rER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Camp-Stools, of which the following is adescription sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of our improved stool in position for use, and Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 sectional views illustrating certain details of construction.

Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

Our invention relates especially to portable folding or collapsible cam pstools; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter more fully described and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler, cheaper, and more effective device of this character than is now' in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such mattersfrom the following explanation. p

In the drawings, A represents the body or standard, 13 the tripod, and O the seat. The tripod consists of a body-piece 19, provided centrally with a socket d, adapted to receive and detachably support the standard A. Three legs f are pivoted in equidistant ears or lugs g on the body I), the upper ends of said legs being beveled at h to engage said body and prevent them from opening or spreading too far apart when in use.

The standard A is reduced at?) in its upper portion, forming a shoulder j, and a'ring 7c is fitted to slide on said reduced portion, said ring being provided with openings Z, (see Fig. 5,) in which a series of wire rods m are hinged. The upper ends of the rodsm are respectively looped around a metallic sleeve 13. (See Fig. 4:.) A ring or collar 25, similar in construction posed in the socket (Z.

to the ring k, is fixed in the top of the standard A. A series of Wire rods 1) are hinged by one end in the openings of the collar 1, their opposite ends being, respectively, looped around a sleeve 1). An endless cord 20 passes through the sleeves p, and a coveringof cloth or other flexible material D is secured to the rods 1) and provided with an ornamental fringe y.

In the use of our improvement, the tripodlegs f being opened, the standard A is dis- The ring it is then forced downward on the reduced portion '6 of the standard until it engages the shoulder The rods m, connecting said ring and the outer ends of the rods o,cause said rods '0 to spread and assume a horizontal position, their inner ends being hinged to the fixed collar t. The cover D is thereby distended, affording a horizontal seat supported by the rods m Q), which are held in position and prevented from separating laterally or spreading too far by the cord to when in use. By forcing the ring 7; upward on the standard the rods m '0 will move on their hinges and collapse or close the seat, as shown by dotted lines in Fig.1. The tripod-legs f are then brought together, as represented by dotted lines, and the standard A removed from the socket d. The parts as thus folded occupy little space and are in convenient shape to be carried.

Having thus explained our invention, what we claimis 1. .In a camp-stool, a tripod provided with a socket and hinged legs, a standard, a ring fitted to slide thereon, a collar secured to the upper end thereof, and two series of rods hinged, respectively, to said collar and ring and to each other, substantially as described.

2. In a camp-stool, the combination of a standard provided with a shoulder, a tripod having a body provided with hinged legs and a socket for said standard, a ring fitted to slide on the standard above said shoulder, and a seat comprising two series of rods hinged, respectively, to said ring and collar, the outer ends of corresponding rods of each series being hinged together, substantially as described.

3. In a camp-stool, the combination of a standard provided with a shoulder, a socketed tripod for said standard having hinged legs, a ring fitted to slide on said standard,a collar secured thereto, two series of rods hinged, respectively, to said collar and ring, the outer ends of corresponding rods being pivoted on a sleeve, and a flexible cord supporting said sleeve, substantially as described.

at. In a camp-stool, a standard having its upper portion reduced to form a shoulder and provided with a fixed collar, a ring fitted to slide on said reduced portion, a tripod having pivoted legs and a socket for said standard, two series of rods hinged, respectively, to said ring and collar, the outer ends of corresponding rods in each series being pivoted on a sleeve, a flexible cord supporting said sleeve, and a flexible cover on the upper series of rods, substantially as described.

5. A folding stool consisting of a standard detachably supported by a tripod having hinged legs and a collapsible seat comprising two series of rods hinged, respectively, to said standard and a ring sliding thereon, the outer j and collar the ring 7c, sliding on said standard, the wires on a), pivoted, respectively, to said ring and collar and to the sleeves p, the cord 10, supporting said sleeves, and the cover D, all being arranged substantially as described.

JAMES \V. OUL'ION. DAVID A. MEIS'IER.

Witnesses:

O. M. SHAW, K. DURFEE. 

